2016 election

In the exit polls Tuesday night, more people thought Hillary Clinton would not be a good president than thought she would be a good one. For context, judgments about several of the prospective Republican candidates — Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, Rand Paul and Rick Perry — were significantly worse. But after recording lofty numbers while at the State Department, Clinton the politician has begun to come back to Earth.

It's worth noting that the mid-term electorate is different than a presidential electorate, so this is a little less omnious for Hillary Clinton than it sounds. However, it's also telling that, as I noted yesterday, Hillary (and Bill) hit the campaign trail hard this year and it appears to have made no real difference for the candidates they supported. The notion that Hillary will dominate 2016 needs to be seriously reassessed after Tuesday night.

Louisana governor Bobby Jindal, the two-term Republican and potential presidential candidate, has announced the formation of a new group called America Next. The organization bills itself as a "conservative policy group" that aims to "focus on winning a war of ideas." Here's an excerpt from a mission statement by Jindal on the new group's website:

Forget O'Malley and Cuomo, could Colorado governor John Hickenlooper emerge as the Democratic presidential frontrunner in 2016?

Now that—perish the thought—it looks increasingly possible that Barack Obama might lose in November, it's only natural that speculation about Democratic possibilities for 2016 is starting to ramp up. Yes, there's the obvious caveat that the Democratic nomination is probably Hillary Clinton's for the taking should she want it. But it's worth asking: Who else is on the Democratic bench?